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    • K
      kpa
      last edited by

      That's not good, the chip is recognized by the driver but something causes the driver initialization to fail. Can you see if there are BIOS updates for your board?

      You can also see if this helps:

      https://doc.pfsense.org/index.php/Tuning_and_Troubleshooting_Network_Cards#Broadcom_bce.284.29_Cards

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        firefox
        last edited by

        i have the last bios update
        I did a bios update two days ago  after the computer bios was in French
        ן download the bios from here
        https://support.lenovo.com/il/en/downloads/migr-66068
        my computer is
        MT-M 8808-8HF
        S/N: LKLWHF9

        is it worth a try earlier BIOS ?

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          firefox
          last edited by

          updating
          I've updated to  earlier (2jjy47usa) BIOS
          (The last one is 2jjy49usa)
          and Same problem

          After searching Google I came across a post in the forum of pfsense (i have no link to it)
          There, it is said that sometimes when an external card is connected, the internal is disconnected
          I disconnected the external card (that is, I removed it from the computer)
          And I turned on the system
          Indeed now pfsense recognizes the internal card bge0

          The message did not say how to fix this situation

          after using linux boot cd and windows install
          both NIC work together
          only on pfsense they dont work together

          i try to find a jumper on the motherboard
          i did not see one

          is there a way to make both NIC work ?

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          • ?
            Guest
            last edited by

            Indeed now pfsense recognizes the internal card bge0

            Go to the BIOS and enable it would be my first try.

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            • F
              firefox
              last edited by

              It's already enabled

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              • K
                kpa
                last edited by

                My guess is that the BIOS is set to automatically disable the built-in NIC in case there's an add-on card installed, that makes sort of sense in a desktop system but is nonsense on a server type system.

                I'd also guess that the developers of the Linux driver have found a way to enable the integrated Broadcom NIC regardless but the FreeBSD driver doesn't have the same workaround.

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                • stephenw10S
                  stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                  last edited by

                  pfSense is able to attach to the Broadcom card and it can be assigned when the Realtek card is not in the box?

                  If that's the case then I'd throw the Realtek card away an look for something else. The rtl8139 is a truly terrible NIC.

                  https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/db53f09b3a68bfa850844e88c97535f277db4d71/sys/dev/rl/if_rl.c#L48

                  Steve

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                    Guest
                    last edited by

                    "snip"```
                    WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
                    ubuntu                   
                        description: Computer
                        width: 32 bits

                    
                    This is under Linux (Ubuntu) and pfSense is based on FreeBSD and also could it be that this PC
                    or pfSense box is a 32Bit version and you try out to install pfSensen version 2.4.0 that is coming
                    only as a 64Bit version!!!
                    
                    Often, but not even, in the BIOS could be also set another Interrupt to many onboards NICs because
                    tey are shared together with some PCIe slots, perhaps this might be then also the case here? Please
                    have a look on this too.
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                      firefox
                      last edited by

                      @kpa:

                      My guess is that the BIOS is set to automatically disable the built-in NIC in case there's an add-on card installed, that makes sort of sense in a desktop system but is nonsense on a server type system.

                      I'd also guess that the developers of the Linux driver have found a way to enable the integrated Broadcom NIC regardless but the FreeBSD driver doesn't have the same workaround.

                      The BIOS option associated with a network card is only
                      Whether to enabled the card or not to enabled

                      There is another option related to pxe boot (I added a screenshot)
                      I tried to run the system when the options are enabled. The same result

                      @stephenw10:

                      pfSense is able to attach to the Broadcom card and it can be assigned when the Realtek card is not in the box?

                      If that's the case then I'd throw the Realtek card away an look for something else. The rtl8139 is a truly terrible NIC.

                      https://github.com/pfsense/FreeBSD-src/blob/db53f09b3a68bfa850844e88c97535f277db4d71/sys/dev/rl/if_rl.c#L48

                      Steve

                      yes as i said
                      When I remove the external network card from the computer
                      And runs the system without the external card then pfsense recognizes the internal network card properly

                      I'll try another card

                      @BlueKobold:

                      "snip"```
                      WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
                      ubuntu                   
                          description: Computer
                          width: 32 bits

                      
                      This is under Linux (Ubuntu) and pfSense is based on FreeBSD and also could it be that this PC
                      or pfSense box is a 32Bit version and you try out to install pfSensen version 2.4.0 that is coming
                      only as a 64Bit version!!!
                      
                      Often, but not even, in the BIOS could be also set another Interrupt to many onboards NICs because
                      tey are shared together with some PCIe slots, perhaps this might be then also the case here? Please
                      have a look on this too.
                      

                      I checked to see if it was suitable for 64 bit
                      i use this program https://www.grc.com/securable.htm
                      it give me The processor is 64 bit compatible

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                      ![Screenshot from 2017-10-21 06-23-54.png](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screenshot from 2017-10-21 06-23-54.png)
                      ![Screenshot from 2017-10-21 06-23-54.png_thumb](/public/imported_attachments/1/Screenshot from 2017-10-21 06-23-54.png_thumb)

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                        firefox
                        last edited by

                        Update
                        I brought four more network cards
                        That means there are currently 5 network cards
                        4 with pci connection
                        1 with pci-e-x1 connection

                        I tried to change
                        And those are the results

                        Three of the cards with a pci connection
                        Once I connect the network card to the computer
                        I get the same result as the first network card
                        The system identifies only the external card but not the internal one

                        On one card with a pci-e-x1 connection
                        When I connect it to a computer
                        The system identifies the internal card and not the external one

                        And the last card with a pci connection
                        Same
                        The system identifies the internal card and not the external one

                        All cards are valid and working on windows xp / windows 7 / linux

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                        • stephenw10S
                          stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                          last edited by

                          @firefox:

                          All cards are valid and working on windows xp / windows 7 / linux

                          On the same motherboard?

                          It does look like that card is being disabled by attaching a different card. Can you not just use two additional NICs?

                          Steve

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                            firefox
                            last edited by

                            @stephenw10:

                            @firefox:

                            All cards are valid and working on windows xp / windows 7 / linux

                            On the same motherboard?

                            It does look like that card is being disabled by attaching a different card. Can you not just use two additional NICs?

                            Steve

                            yes on the same motherboard

                            i can use two additional cards

                            but the one i want to use is 10/100/1000
                            and all the other 4 is 10/100
                            the one on the boars is 10/100/1000

                            I'll give it another try
                            I will try to get network cards that they are 10/100/1000

                            The reason for all this is
                            That my current system is 32 bit
                            With 1.5 GHz memory and 10/100 network cards
                            And there is no upgrade to 32 bit

                            This computer I'm trying to install on is
                            With 4GB memory
                            And a 10/100/1000 network card

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                            • stephenw10S
                              stephenw10 Netgate Administrator
                              last edited by

                              Do you need more that 100Mbps? Having just one Gigabit NIC isn't going to help much, except maybe if you're using VLANs.

                              There appears to be some basic low level incompatibility with that on-board NIC and I don't think we are going to be able to help you with it.

                              pfSense 2.3.X will be supported for ~1 year so there's no rush to upgrade.

                              Steve

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                              • K
                                kejianshi
                                last edited by

                                If after much trying you just can't get things to work, I suggest adding a cheap intel nic you buy off ebay for $10.

                                Get two and replace your current add-on card…  It will save you trouble down the road.  Make sure whatever you buy has native support for netmap.

                                Suricata needs it to work in inline mode.  It might save you trouble later.

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                                  firefox
                                  last edited by

                                  Do you need more that 100Mbps?

                                  we have connections up to 500 MB

                                  If after much trying you just can't get things to work, I suggest adding a cheap intel nic you buy off ebay for $10.

                                  As I wrote I will try to retrieve other network cards
                                  And if it does not work
                                  Then another computer

                                  In any case, thanks to everyone who tried to help

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                                  • K
                                    kejianshi
                                    last edited by

                                    Network cards are usually cheaper than computers.

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                                      firefox
                                      last edited by

                                      updating
                                      I brought four new Intel network cards
                                      With pci connection
                                      And another Intel card with a pci-x connection
                                      pfsense does not recognize any of them
                                      I tried to connect two together or separately
                                      The same result

                                      If Windows 2000 recognizes the network cards
                                      (I connected two cards and the computer recognized the other two cards and the card on the board)
                                      So pfsense should also identify them without problems

                                      Another question that may be related

                                      When I installed the pfsense 2.4.0
                                      The installation process was different from what I know
                                      Perhaps I needed to do something different for pfsense to recognize the network cards ?

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                                      • ?
                                        Guest
                                        last edited by

                                        You need to assign them to interfaces.

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                                        • F
                                          firefox
                                          last edited by

                                          I know that
                                          The problem is that pfsense not even recognize the cards as if there is nothing there

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                                          • ?
                                            Guest
                                            last edited by

                                            what does pciconf show

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